Paint bucket hanger



May 27, 1941. p GLQSIER 2,243,799

PAINT BUCKET HANGER Filed May 51, 1940 Patented May 27, 1941 nNiTEo stares rarest operas PAINT BUCKET HANGER Paul Glosier, Maplewood, Mo. Application May 31, 194.0,SerialNo. 338,205

(or. sis-e11) 2 Claims.

This invention relates to article supporting or suspending brackets and more particularly to a means for suspending a paint pail from a ladder.

An object of this invention is to provide a supporting device of this kind which is so constructed as to support a paint pail at one side of a ladder.

Another object of this invention is to provide a pail suspending device of this character which is adapted to detachably engage the rungs of the ladder and is also provided with means for holding the device against lateral shifting.

A further object of this invention is to provide a device of this kind which may be disposed on either side of the ladder so that the pail may be suspended in the desired position relative to the ladder.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a support of this kind which can readily be reversed or collapsed, and which can easily be shifted from one rung to another.

To the foregoing objects and to others which may hereinafter appear, the invention consists of the nove1 construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be more specifically referred to and illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein are shown embodiments of the invention, but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modifications may be resorted to which fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a detail front elevation of an article supporting or suspending device constructed according to an embodiment of this invention showing the device in applied position on a ladder, the ladder being shown in fragmentary form.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional View taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 55 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral ll! designates generally a ladder structure embodying a pair of vertical side rails l and i2 and a plurality of rungs [3 which are secured to the side rails H and [2 in any suitable manner. The ladder lfi here shown is a conventional ladder and shows one application of the article suspending or supporting device as hereinafter described.

In order to provide a means whereby a paint pail Hi may be suspended at one side of the ladder It, I have provided a supporting or suspending bar iii. The bar I5 includes an outer part l6 and an inner part ll which is connected to the outer part it by means of an extension or connecting part is. The connecting part I3 is disposed at right angles to the two parts It and H and provides a means whereby the outer part it may be disposed in offset parallel relation to the inner body part IT.

A pail supporting member [9 is disposed at the outer end of the bar or outer part i6 and comprises a dependent member 28 which is formed at its lower end with a hook or U- shaped member 2|. The bail 22 of the pail I4 is adapted to engage the hook or suspending element 28 so that the pail 84 may be supported in dependent relation below the supporting horizontally disposed bar iii. The vertical supporting element or bar 20 is provided at its upper end with a right angular stop flange or extension 23 which projects in the direction of the supporting bar I6 and engages over the upper edge of the bar or supporting member I55.

The depending bar 23 is pivotally mounted on a stud or pin 24 which is provided with a reduced end 25 engaging through an opening 26 formed in the supporting bar l6. The end of the stud 25 is upset as at 21 so that the pin or stud 24 will be securely fastened to the bar [5. The re duced part 25 forms a shoulder 23 at the adjacent end of the stud 24 which is adapted to engage against one side of the bar IE on the side thereof opposite from the upset part 21. The stud or pin 2a is provided with an enlarged head 29, and an expanding spring 33 engages about the pin or stud 24, one end of the spring 3!! bearing against the head 2& and the other end of the spring 30 hearing against adjacent face of the depending bar 20. The spring 30 provides a means whereby the depending bar 20 may be yieldably held flat against the horizontal bar l6 with the stop or locking member 23 engaging over the upper edge of the bar It.

The supporting member !5 is held in a horizontal position by means of a pair of hook members generally designated as 3| and 32. The hook member 3| comprises an elongated bar 33, shown in Figure 4 which at its upper end is provided with a hook fi l engaging over the rung IS. The hook 34 opens downwardly so that the bar 3| will be supported in dependent relation from the rung l3. The lower end of the bar 3| is pivotally mounted on a stud or pin 35 which is fixed to the bar H in the same manner as'the 7 bar 20 is fixed to the bar IS.

The stud 35 is provided with an enlarged head 36 and an expanding spring 31 engages at one end against the head 36 and at the other end engages against the adjacent side of the lower portion of the bar 33. The lower end of the bar 33 is provided'with a right angularly disposed stop flange or looking member 38 which engages beneath the lower edge of the body member I! so as to hold the hook member relative to the body member IT.

The hook member 32 comprises an elongated flatbar 39 which has secured to the upper end thereof an upwardly opening hook or U-shaped member 40. The hook or U-shaped member 48 is adapted to engage beneath the rung It so that when the pail I4 is mounted on the outer member 7 I9, the weight of this pail will not cause thehorizontal supporting member I5 to rock on the pivot 'member 35. The bar 39 adjacent the lower end enlarged head 42, and an expanding spring 43 engages about the pin or stud 4!, one end of the 7 spring 43 bearing against the head 42 and the other end of the springAS bearing against the adjacent side of the bar 39. The lowerend of the bar 39 is formed with a right angularly disposed stop flange or locking member 44 which is adapted to engage beneath the lower edge'of the body member I1 and to be held in this position by the spring 43'.

In the use and operation of this device, the.

supportingmember I5 is positioned on the desired rung i3 of .the ladder 0 with the hook 34 of the supporting member 3| engaging over the top of the rung l3 andthe inverted hook 45 of the supportingrmember 32 engaging beneath therung' it. In Figure 1 the outer supporting bar I6 is shown disposed on the right side of the ladder Iii so that the pail M'will be suspended on this side of the ladder. In the event it is. desired to support the pail M on the left side of the ladder, the two supporting members 3| and 32 may be inverted by moving the two members 3i and 32 outwardly with respect'to the bar I! so as to release the locking members 38 and M from the supporting bar I 1. i V

The two members 3.! and 32 may then be swung about at an angle of 180 degrees and in this position the extension It will be disposed on the left side of the ladder iii. Preferably the extension it engages on the upper or forward side of a side rail H or l2 so that the supporting device will not swing from a selected rung l3. The bail supporting member l9 may. also be revertedin the samemanner as the two supportingfmembers 3| and32' so that the supporting member i9 will extend in a directionirom the bar I6 opposite to the.

1 engageable beneath a rung.

right angular part l8 provides a means whereby the supporting member IE will be held against horizontal or lateral shifting movement with respect to the ladder H3.

The device can be readily collapsed by swinging the supporting members 3! and 32 to a positionin alignment with the bar I1 and the supporting member Hi can also be'swung to a position in alignment with the extension Hi so that in collapsed position the device will not occupy a space greater than the length of the device and the width of the supporting member [5.

This device can be constructed at a relatively small cost and will firmly and securely hold or suspend a paint pail or other article at one side of a ladder and in a position where the outer end of the device will not contact with the user in going up and down the ladder.

What I claim is:

1. As anew article of manufacture a pail sus- V pending device for use with a ladder for suspending a pail laterally of the ladder, said device comprising an elongated bar formed with an inner part, anouter part parallel with said inner part, and an intermediate part connecting the adjacent ends of said inner and outer parts together in offset parallel relation, a dependent pail sus-v pending member pivotally securing said member to said outer part, a right angularly disposed locking member carried by said member and engageable with said outer part to hold said dependent member against rocking movement, yieldable means holding said dependent member with said locking member in locked position, and a pair of right angularly disposed rung engaging members carried by said inner part, one of said pair of members including a downwardly directed hook engageable over a rung, and the other of said pair of members including an upwardly directed hook 2'. As a new article of manufacture a pail suspending device for use with a ladder for suspending a pail laterally of a ladder, said device comprising an elongated bar formed with an inner part and an oifset outer part parallel with the inner part thereof, a depending pail suspending member at the outer end of said outer part; said member including an upturned lower end to receive the bail of a pail, and a right angularly bent upper end engaging the upper edge of said outer part, an intermediate hook member formed with a downturned upper end and a right angularly bent lower end engaging beneathsaid inner part, an inner hook member formed with an upturned upper end and a right angularly bent lower end engaging beneath said inner part,'a headed pivot for each of said members fixed to said bar, and a spring about each pivot constantly urging a right angular end of a m ember to locking position for holding said members against pivoted movement. 7

PAUL GLOSIER. 

